The article discusses Flanders v. Goodfellow, where the court overruled its previous ruling that barred negligence claims against domestic animal owners. Emphasizing the flexibility of stare decisis, ...

This article examines the recent Court of Appeals decision that addresses whether the plaintiff was engaged in the type of "repairing" activity that is covered by Labor Law §240(1). The case should be ...

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I saw this post at the "Re's Judicata" blog, written by Prof. Richard Re (University of Virginia), and found it very interesting; I asked Prof. Re whether I could repost it, and he graciously agreed: ...

Abortion rights are being wrestled with at the Supreme Court this week as the historic arguments took off Wednesday. The justices are looking at whether to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion ...

After two Supreme Court confirmation hearings in quick succession, Americans now know more about the legal principle of stare decisis than perhaps they ever wanted to. Yet according to three of its ...

No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any ...

The First District Court of Appeal recently struck down a Florida law that prohibited people from openly carrying firearms in public. The court held that section 790.053 violated the Second Amendment ...

(Reuters) - It is no small thing for the U.S. Supreme Court to abandon its own precedent. Sign up here. That adherence to precedent, Alito conceded, serves several critical purposes. It fosters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whenever a majority of Supreme Court justices feel like it. Some legal scholars argue that a select group of old, landmark cases ...